1 killed, 1 critically wounded in South Side shootings

A man was killed and a person critically hurt in separate shootings on the South Side overnight, police said.

The fatal shooting occurred about 9 p.m. Monday in the 8800 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the Burnside neighborhood, police said, citing early reports.

Robert Munn, 29, of the Cottage Grove address, was shot in the chest and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

About half an hour later, a person was shot in the chest in the 11800 block of South Lafayette Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood, police said.

He was also taken to Christ Medical Center in critical condition. The victim was unresponsive when police arrived, authorities said.